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Mission - A diverse church being Transformed by Jesus Empowered by the Holy Spirit and Launched on a mission - Vision: To have holistically healthy (head, heart, hands) disciples of Jesus who multiply disciples and churches. This will be done through Sundays, Neighborhood Groups, discipling relationships, training, and being launched on mission. Big Three at Neighborhood Church Come Every Sunday - Make it a priority to attend church every Sunday. Be Part of a Group (Groups are starting on Sept 13th! ) -Navigate the ups and downs of life with others. Serve on a Team -We all have something to offer by serving others. Click Here to Serve Note From Pastor Mark. Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. 2 Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. 3 He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. 4 He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. 5 He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s! Psalm 103:1-5 Something I am trying to become better at is celebrating both who God is and the work God is doing. Often we forget the good and remember the bad. We forget the blessings and remember the heartache. I want to encourage you to remember all the good things God has done and is doing. Even in the midst of difficulties and struggles you can remember the God who forgives, heals, redeems, crowns with love and mercy, fills your life with goods things and renews your youth like the eagles. Bryan & Katie Torwalt - Remember (Official Lyric Video) MINISTRIESNEIGHBORHOOD KIDS Leader: Karin Sauder, [email protected] A safe place for children to meet Jesus, know Jesus & learn to share Jesus. Fall is officially here, and we are really excited about the things coming up in Neighborhood Kids. We had our last Kids Tent of the Market season…thank you to Susan Anderson and Carol and Simone Tisdale for representing us that day. Two exciting things were launched in NKids this month: our new Little Kids class of two and three years olds, and our Kids Discipleship class of 4th and 5th graders. Thanks to all the volunteers in Neighborhood Kids who are active in and excited about these new programs. We ended the month with our second Kids Mission Sunday, where we presented our Alliance Kids Summer Missions Project about Rostock Germany, and had our Clink Bucket offering. Great job to the brave kids who presented and participated!! In our Sunday curriculum we have finished studying the Old Testament and we officially start the New Testament in October. Welcome to the new families who have recently joined us. We are looking forward to getting to know you! NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH Leader: Eric Peacock, [email protected] A place where teens belong, believe (in Jesus) and become (all that God has intended for them to be). September was a great month for Neighborhood Youth (NY)! Pastor Natalie (Nat) transitioned from serving in NY to focus on her next steps in ministry. We have been incredibly blessed by Nat in so many ways—from her hands-on engagement with our students and her teaching, to her game-night skills and the investment, encouragement, and support she has poured into Neighborhood Youth. Nat, we appreciate you and are praying for you as you step into this next season. We know you’ll continue making a difference wherever God leads you! As one chapter closes, we’re also excited about what God is doing in this next season of Neighborhood Youth. Neighborhood Youth welcomes Alem Thomas to the team! Alem has stepped up and stepped into God’s calling to invest in the next generation. She joins Grant and Karin, our Neighborhood Kids Director, in helping lead, teach, encourage, and disciple our students. In September, we also launched our Back to the Basics series, where we’ve been exploring the foundations of a growing faith: knowing Jesus, reading God’s Word, praying, worshiping, building godly relationships, and living on mission. We’re grateful for what God has done in Neighborhood Youth and excited about what’s ahead! WORSHIP & PRODUCTION TEAM Leader: Mel Neely, [email protected] We are a diverse community of followers of Jesus Christ, empowered by His Spirit with one heart and one mind to invite and lead in declaring His worth. We will worship God as a way of life. (Colossians 3:17) The Neighborhood Church Worship & Production team also continues to lift high the name of Jesus through our in person and online services. This September, Mel Neely and Adaora led worship during our Sunday services along with our dedicated team of instrumentalists and vocalists. On Thursday evenings the team engaged with devotionals encouraging each other to look full on the wonderful face of Jesus by incorporating devotional times led by Mel focusing on our Waiting and Waiting sermon series. We shared praises and prayer requests, praying for each other and over Neighborhood Church. The team introduced the new to Neighborhood Church song, Waiting Here For You this month to accompany the Ready and Waiting series… https://youtu.be/8pj8_Hs01gA?is=TGlj5nScqJGQOA_W Mel, Evan, Donna, Richard, Eric and Holly provided music at the Derwood Market on Saturday, September 26! It was a beautiful opportunity to Speak Jesus over our neighbors, vendors, volunteers and church family. Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes! Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD ! Praise the LORD ! Psalm 150: 4-6 We are thankful to have a truly multigenerational team with middle school, high school and adult volunteers working together to make our Sunday services in person and online possible. Vance Newsome is officially fully trained to serve solo on Livestream and Audio! Thank you, Vance, Solomon and Bryan for your training investment. We are praying for God to bring more workers to serve Him at Neighborhood Church! BECAUSE of God's faithfulness, our Worship & Production Team is living on mission as a multi-ethnic, multigenerational team being transformed by Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit and inviting the Neighborhood Church family to be launched on mission with them! In Him, Mel Neely Director of Worship at Neighborhood Church NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS Leader: Pam Homan, Matt Sale & Mark Trinkl, [email protected] A place for making friends, inviting God's transformation through Scripture and prayer, and being launched on mission together. We are now into our fall semester of groups titled Ready and Waiting - A Sermon Based Study on 1 and 2 Thessalonians. We have 5 groups with a total of 54 adults. It is exciting to see people building friendships, studying God’s Word, praying together and being launched on mission. As it comes to mind continue to pray for God to be at work in and through the groups. You can still sign up for a Neighborhood group by going to https://www.neighborhoodc.org/groups.html. MISSIONS TEAM Leader: Mark Trinkl, [email protected] To see the people of Neighborhood Church launched on mission to share and show Jesus from our neighbors to the nations. (Acts 1:8) Four Ways to participate in missions: PRAY GIVE GO SEND Here are a few ways to jump in this fall. Help provide a meal for the Parent Group at Shady Grove Pregnancy Center Wednesdays Oct 21- Dec 9th. Sign up here Be a part of Global Encounters October 23-25 We will have Dan and Lisa Lawrence with us who are International Workers in France. Saturday morning 9:30-11am in the Cafe - Coffee and Croissants - a great time to ask questions and get to know Dan and Lisa a bit more. Saturday Evening 5-7pm Feast of Nations - Invite a friend, dress in your favorite cultural outfits, bring a dish to share and hear about what God is doing in France. Sunday - Come hear Dan and Lisa speak on their work in France We are also so grateful for the above and beyond giving to missions at Neighborhood Church. So for this year you have supported a trip to El Salvador and over $42,000 to the MIssion Fund! Thank you for your generosity. If you would like to be a great part of missions, please reach out to me and I would love to talk more. WELCOME TEAM Leader: Contact Rose Ojwiga, [email protected] We will be a community that is authentic, transparent & creates space for real relationships (Acts 2:42) The Welcome Team is a great committed group who are creating an environment of hospitality. We are encouraging families to consider serving together. And if you are Interested in joining the team please Click Here to Serve LEADERSHIPSTAFF Melanie Neely, Karin Sauder, Eric Peacock, Natalie, Linnea Allen, Vance Newsome & Dana Zetterberg. Leader: Mark Trinkl, [email protected] The staff manages Neighborhood Church’s ministry teams. The staff continues to serve in so many capacities. Three of the staff attended the Renew conference in D.C. Sept 24-25, which was a time of learning and refreshing. Vance also continues to do a great job filling in for Linnea. You have a great staff that loves Jesus and this church and if you get a moment, pray and encourage them in all they do! ELDERS Mark Trinkl, Mark Neely, Solomon Jack, Eric Peacock, Ted Mueller, Eric Zetterberg, Kyle Ott, Tim Allen Leader: Mark Trinkl, [email protected] The Elders shepherd and give spiritual oversight to Neighborhood Church. The Elders continue to meet on the first Saturday of the month for prayer and shepherding the church. Please know, we are here for prayer or other needs. The Elders also encourage you to seek out prayer in different settings on Sunday mornings and Tuesday evenings at the prayer gathering. BOARD OF GOVERNANCE (BOG) Mark Trinkl (Chair), Solomon Jack (Vice Chair), Matt Sale (Treasurer), Sarah Luse (Secretary), Pam Homan, Mark Neely, Kyle Ott The Board of Governance (BOG) sets boundaries for the Pastor. The Board of Governance met on September 14th for their quarterly meeting. The Focus of the meeting was Monitoring Performance of the Lead Pastor. The Lead pastor’s annual review will happen over the next few months. The Board also reviewed the budget and current financial trends with a potential year end shortfall of $50,000 -$60,000. We are so grateful for all of the people who give generously already and we would like to encourage two ways to make up this potential short fall. First, if you call Neighborhood Church your home, and are not tithing, commit to tithing (giving the first 10% of your income to the local church). We believe God’s blessing on 90% that you keep is much better than functioning outside of God's blessing and best (Malachi 3:7-12). All of the staff, Board and Elders are committed to tithing already. To have regular recurring giving is a great way to budget for the next year. Second, If you are already tithing, consider giving an above and beyond gift. This could be done as a one time gift or recurring through the end of the year. For example, 600 gifts of $100, 60 gifts of $1,000, 6 gifts of 10,000 would make up the short fall. We are believing God to provide and also trusting that we are on a good financial foundation as we go into the next year and are believing God that the best is yet to come. If you choose to give, here is a link https://www.neighborhoodc.org/give.html UPCOMING DATESLast day of Derwood Farmers Market October 10 Fall Festival October 17 Global Encounters October 23-25 Day of Prayer and Fasting November 17 Advent Event November 29 |
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